Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> So what do you make of the massacre of the Banu Qurayza?
In terms of Banu Quraizah, that was a one time thing done in response
to specific actions by that tribe. They broke a treaty that they had
with the Muslims. A siege was put on their community. When they
surrended, some kind of arbitration had to occur to decide what was to
be done to them. They agreed on their own judge (who was not the
prophet) and the judge declared that the men should be killed. The
women and children were spared. It was certainly harsh. But it wasn't
genocide.
-Gilberto
In Biblical and in modern terms, killing all the men, taking the women as concubines and wives and raising the children as members of the conquering tribe, certainly matches the definition for genocide.
Regards,
Scott
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